DeAngelo Hall is easily the most overrated player in the league, you have to put him on there. And it is funny how Romo is overrated after playing just 10 games, and how Roy Williams is overrated after having a bad 5 game stretch. HMMM.....

Name some MLBs better than Lewis. You might get 2 or 3. To me, that makes him one of the best MLBs in the game. He's a great leader and the heart and soul of the league's best defence.

BF51 specifically addressed the issue of Lewis being one of the better middle linebackers in the game right now. The reason for that is because, well, there really aren't very many good middle linebackers right now in the NFL.

Ray Lewis is nowhere near the player he was in 2003, when he won his last DPOTY award, and isn't as good as the media would lead you to believe. His athleticism is waning, and he continues to struggle in taking on blocks, which is why he basically begged the Ravens FO to draft Ngata last year. His biggest assets right now are his instincts and experience.

You lost me at Tony Gonzalez is he the best TE any more no but he is still top 3 and a underrated blocker.

I completely agree. His receiving skills are waning, but he's one of the best blockers of the "receiving" tight ends (you know, the guys who are big wide receivers who line up next to the offensive tackles). You're also correct that his blocking skills have gone virtually unnoticed throughout his entire career.

Bash Merriman all you want, there is no denying that he brings it on the field. 4 FF, 1 pick, 17 sacks in 12 games to lead the league? Not overrated.

Roy Williams OTOH...

My thoughts exactly. How could you possibly say Merriman is overrated? I can understand if you don't like him, with 27 sacks and 6 forced fumbled in only 27 games played, and even less games started. He averages a sack a game. Explain to me how he is overrated.

You lost your credibility as soon as you post something as childish as "Tony RoHOMO"

what else is interesting is that there are 2 Cowboy players and no Eagles players. Not biased at all are we?

Well Roy Williams is overrated for sure... no way he deserved the pro bowl the way he played, couldn't cover at all last season. Tony Romo is a toss up, but I'd consider him overrated as well, he had a great recieving core, a great TE in Witten, and an awesome RB duo.

I think that Jay Cutler is slowly becoming overrated on this board, right here right now. Don't get me wrong, I liked him the best of that qb bunch myself, but people are crowning him far too early.

I would figure that someone with your football intellect would be able to understand Urlacher's game a little bit better.

Is he the best at finding a hole and plugging it? No. Although he's not nearly as bad as you've made him out to be.

He is, however, the absolute best linebacker side-to-side that there is in the NFL without question. He's also the best linebacker in coverage in the NFL. He does what he's asked to do in this defense and he does it very well. Often the run up the middle deficiencies that our defense had last year had more to do with weak SS play than anything else.

Just because he's not the prototypical linebacker that you want him to do be doesn't make him overrated. He's the best player on what is at least a top 3 defense in the NFL and is without question the best player at his position.

I would figure that someone with your football intellect would be able to understand Urlacher's game a little bit better.

Is he the best at finding a hole and plugging it? No. Although he's not nearly as bad as you've made him out to be.

He is, however, the absolute best linebacker side-to-side that there is in the NFL without question. He's also the best linebacker in coverage in the NFL. He does what he's asked to do in this defense and he does it very well. Often the run up the middle deficiencies that our defense had last year had more to do with weak SS play than anything else.

Just because he's not the prototypical linebacker that you want him to do be doesn't make him overrated. He's the best player on what is at least a top 3 defense in the NFL and is without question the best player at his position.

Ive stated before that he's the perfect Tampa 2 ILB, theres no question about that.

My problem is when people compare him to other greats in the history of the game. They gas him up way too much. For him to be in that discussion, he needs to be a better run stopper. At the end of the day, a MIKE's job is to stop the run, and Urlacher isn't that great at it. He's upper tier, but I can probably name you 5 MIKEs in the NFL currently that are better than him at that. And like you said, the MIKEs in the NFL are rather weak nowadays.

Is he the best MIKE in the NFL? Honestly, I rather have Zach Thomas, but he's at the very least the 2nd best, right now. I won't debate that.

But remember this, Urlacher will fall off harder at the end of his career than Lewis did. He continuously takes bad angles, and isn't the smartest ILB either. When he loses his athleticism, he will become a below average MIKE, because he doesn't have the intangibles to fall back on.

I think he's overrated not compared to other NFL players, but overrated in the context of history. He's too high on most people's best MIKEs list for the most part.